The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Atlantic Monthly Volume 6, No. 37, November, 1860, by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Atlantic Monthly Volume 6, No. 37, November, 1860Author: VariousRelease Date: February 15, 2004 [eBook #11103]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ATLANTIC MONTHLY VOLUME 6, NO. 37, NOVEMBER,1860***E-text prepared by Joshua Hutchinson, Tonya Allen, and Project Gutenberg Distributed ProofreadersTHE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS.VOL. VI.—NOVEMBER, 1860.—NO. XXXVII.THOMAS HOOD.Thomas Hood was originally intended for business, and entered a mercantile house; but the failure of his health, at fifteenyears of age, compelled him to leave it, and go to Scotland, where he remained two years, with much gain to his bodyand his mind. On his return to London, he applied himself to learn the art of engraving; but his constitution would not allowhim to pursue it. Yet what he did acquire of this art, with his genius for comic observation, must have been of excellentservice to him in his subsequent career. This, at first, was simply literary, in a subordinate connection with "The LondonMagazine." His relation to this periodical gave him opportunities, which he did not neglect, of ...